Kathy Lueders — Former Associate Administrator, NASA EOMD; Commercial Crew Pioneer

**Kathy Lueders** is the former Associate Administrator of NASA's **Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (EOMD)** and the former head of **NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP)** — the program that successfully transitioned human spaceflight from government-operated (Space Shuttle) to commercial providers (SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing Starliner). She is one of the most operationally accomplished leaders in modern spaceflight.